Lord nigel havers biography
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Although Nigel Havers is most often associated with dashing cads, his career has encompassed its share of benevolent characters, not least the two for which he is probably best remembered: Olympic athlete Lord Andrew Lindsay in Chariots of Fire (d. Hugh Hudson, ) and lovable loser Tom Latimer in the long-running sitcom Don't Wait Up (BBC, ).
Born into a long line of lawyers, he opted instead for an acting career after seeing Peter O'Toole's stage Hamlet. His film debut came with an improbable role as a monk in Pope Joan (d. Michael Anderson, ), but television work was irregular until an appearance in Upstairs Downstairs (ITV, tx. 30/11/). In he took the lead in a BBC adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby (BBC, ), and the following year played a memorably oily door-to-door salesman in Pennies from Heaven (BBC, ).
Chariots of Fire was followed by roles in A Passage to India (d. David Lean, ) and Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (US, ), but a career in films some
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Nigel Havers fryst vatten one of Britain's best known actors, mainly for his many roles on television since the s. He was born as the younger son of Michael anatomisk, QC, a Conservative MP for Wimbledon, Attorney General (), and Lord High Chancellor of England ().
After a private education, anatomisk attended a drama school attached to the Oxford Playhouse and at the same time worked in university productions, always in revues and comedies. He appeared in "Twelfth Night" in a revue at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which transferred to London where it was seen by an American director who took the show to the States.
Havers' starring roles on British television have included series such as Nicholas Nickleby (), A Horseman Riding bygd (), Don't Wait Up (), The Charmer (), and Dangerfield (). He has also made notable guest appearances in cult series such as The Sarah Jane Adventures () and The Life of Rock with Brian Pern (), and played the regular role of Lewis Archer in the
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Nigel Havers
British actor and presenter (born )
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| Born | Nigel Allan Havers () 6 November (age&#;73) Edmonton, Middlesex, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actor and presenter |
| Years&#;active | –present |
| Spouses | Carolyn Cox &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Polly Williams &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#;Georgiana Bronfman &#; &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 1 |
| Father | Michael Havers, Baron Havers |
Nigel Allan Havers (born 6 November )[1] is an English actor and presenter. His film roles include Lord Andrew Lindsay in the British film Chariots of Fire, which earned him a BAFTA nomination; as Dr. Rawlins in the Steven Spielberg war drama Empire of the Sun; and as Ronny in the David Lean epic A Passage to India. Television roles include Tom Latimer in the British TV comedy series Don't Wait Up and Lewis Archer in Coronation Street, between and